Recrystallized silicon thin-film solar cells on zircon ceramics

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1784-1787

  Schillinger, Kai ^a,b   Janz, Stefan ^a   Reber, Stefan ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon thin film solar cells; Low cost ceramics; Zone melting recrystallization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MELTING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; ZIRCON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; LOW-COST CERAMICS; POTENTIAL PRODUCTION; SILICON THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TWIN GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896481570     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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